ToraDora! Review

Cover art of the first DVD compilation released by King Records, featuring main characters Ryūji Takasu and Taiga Aisaka (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I have finally completed ToraDora! leaving me with only 4 anime on my list of shoujo series to watch.  I wasn’t sure how I would feel about this show, but I ended up liking it quite a lot.  I wouldn’t say it is super different or a game-changer, but it is certainly quite good.  I really enjoyed this anime and it didn’t drag at all.  It was quite addicting and I ended up watching it very quickly.  Both the plot and characters are unique enough to pull the show out ahead of other shoujo anime I have watched and I became very attached to what was happening.  Read on to learn about ToraDora!.

Faster Than a Kiss Review

Faster than a Kiss (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I started this manga a while back as part of my manga suggestions and I quite enjoyed it.  I didn’t realize that it was close to ending when I caught up to the new chapters.  This series was an enjoyable read and the ending was quite nice.  I still found quite a few of the elements of this series disappointing, mostly the main character, Fumino Kaji.  I can reference my other reviews to remind you that I love a strong female protagonist, and Fumino just wasn’t doing it for me.  Regardless the manga was still an enjoyable read with some nice characters.  

High School Debut Review

High School Debut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I picked up High School Debut as part of my strong heroines manga project and I wasn’t disappointed with it.  Several of the manga I have read for this project had either weaker heroines or weak writing, but this series was different.  I enjoyed every single chapter of it.  The manga was about 50 chapters, just long enough to be satisfying and just short enough to stay interesting.  I really enjoyed this manga because it was unique while still retaining the elements of shoujo manga that make me love it.  I recommend this manga to any type of shoujo reader because it has something for everyone, including humor and a wonderful love story.  Read on for details.

Boys Over Flowers (K-drama) Review

Boys Over Flowers (TV series) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I did not discover the drama Boys Over Flowers because it was extremely popular.  The first time I heard of it was from a friend of mine, whose Korean friend was cousins with one of the stars.  She asked me if I had heard of him because to my friends I am a fountain of K-Pop knowledge, and when I hadn’t I looked up the show.  It didn’t really cross my mind to watch it until a couple weeks later.  I had just finished Hana Kimi and I found out that a live-action drama was planned.  When I was exploring the page for To the Beautiful You I saw another mention of Boys Over Flowers.  After a bit of research I decided that this drama was worth my time.  I sped through it quite quickly and I enjoyed it a lot.  I discussed this drama with my roommate a lot as she had seen the original anime and I hadn’t.  She had some interesting opinions on the differences she noticed when I described the show to her.  I say this to let you know that my review will not reflect the manga or anime at all as I haven’t read them.  The show stands well on its on and is apparently pretty different anyway according to my roommate.  Read on for my observations!